Indie rock band the New Pornographers have been around a while. So long, in fact, that their own frontman, Carl Newman, described their new album — the band’s eighth — as having a “classic Pornographers sound” in its promo materials. It’s been 19 years since the band released “Mass Romantic,” an intended one-off by a “supergroup” whose members were better known for other bands. Instead of just going back to those other bands — which they also did — its members stuck around, releasing several highly acclaimed albums in the early aughts.
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About David Brusie
David Brusie is a Boston-based writer and musician. He is a writer for and co-founder of Music (for Robots), and his reviews, interviews, and essays have appeared in The Boston Herald, The Boston Phoenix, The A.V. Club, City Pages, Tiny Mix Tapes, and Vita.MN.